Lithuanian wedding traditions

We love seeing all of the different family and cultural wedding traditions! This is a traditional Lithuanian cake called Šakotis, which means "branchy tree cake". Šakotis is one of the most important desserts in Lithuanian celebrations, especially at weddings.

Traditional Lithuanian wedding it is not so easy to describe what traditional Lithuanian wedding is as ic contains different elwements, some of which are the same like all over the world, but there are still some details, which are unique, unfortunately with time old traditions are dying out and only some elements are still present in the wedddings nowadays. To illustrate the text I took some photos from the internet and from my cousin's wedding. Traditional Lithuanian wedding used to be…

A rustic Lithuanian village wedding celebrating old traditions and a simpler way of life. A vintage wedding dress and a 4 hour horse and cart journey!

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Lithuanian Wedding Traditions

Sakotis or Raguolis. Traditional Lithuanian wedding cake. This HAS to be on our dessert table as it's essentially waffles! Perhaps be cheesy and add a chocolate fountain with fresh fruits and this on the side?

Need wedding ideas? Check out this lithuanian wedding cake and see more inspirational photos on TheKnot.com.

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